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Sunday, January 30, 2011

But somehow this is just as cool. Emotion XT"7". Seven spokes of Metal Bright perfection. The high contrast works well on the white black scheme. Deep taper starts at 9.5+38
I could fit these all round and a spacer on the rear. Just.

Bronze are a little strange.

Silver look OK, but still boring.

Hard lighting is ok too.

Crkai are also a Deep taper item. I like the gun shade on these.

WMB version has a little too much going on somehow. but these are much like the Weds 67R which outright look better. IMO

New M1 are an unknown. Matt bronze I need to see beside the car.

Heading back to the XT9. Seem to be the obvious choice at 50% off right now. around $230 per wheel for 18".

I decided against carbon bling and in your face gradation, black bride logo. good enough.

Here's a tip, the edges of the LF rail are like razors. very sharp. 6 cuts on my hands after the install. Yow!

So it's in. A few scratches due to my own stupidity but they are near the trans tunnel and no one can see.

First sit is good. Entry is difficult but not too bad. great support. But for me the best thing is that the car is sooooooo much easier to drive now. Heel and toe are good, before I was missing gears a little, now I am in the PERFECT position.

The height I am sitting changes the view. I feel faster, even at slow speeds. A little tight on my overweigh body, but it's inspiration for training.

You can see the Willans in the back. I didn't get out to pick up a harness mount today, but soon I'll get in in.

The car already had the eyebolts on the floor for the side of the harness. Just gotta sort out the rear.

I need a blue drift handbrake knob and maybe a new shift knob. But I am not sure, the stock one is fine. Also have to clean up the PFC position and get my cage padding.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I washed the car today for the first time.... haha. On the way home I stopped in my favourite spot for some shots.

Pretty striking. Everything is overexposed to sh1t because my camera recently decided to die. I have another, but it means it's camera decision time. I have to delay that because I have little spare cash.

Luckily my friend Myles donated his old Willans 2" harness. It will do until I get some other pieces.
Just have to work out where to put it. New seat will arrive soon, so I didn't install yet.

About Me

My blogs are a result of my history of car ownership. Starting with Isuzu Gemini, followed by early Celica, Datsun and then Mazda Rotaries and Other Japanese performance Turbo and NA cars. The FD rx7 is a passion but driving is more of a passion.
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